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Lambeth 1895

Report on vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1895...

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TABLE J.

Shewing the number of Certificates for the Notifiable Zymotic Diseases received in Lambeth since the introduction of the Notification Act, i.e., in the six years, 1889—94, and in the year 1895.

Disease188918901891189218931894Notifications received during1895Annual average of 5 years 1890—94
Small-Pox01532299265133.0
Cholera0742623101614.0
Diphtheria286330330504789521614494.8
Membranous Croup046294749262339.4
Erysipelas92248258420587315355365.6
Scarlet Fever879112685818322275119813891457.8
Typhus00133201.8
Typhoid or Enteric64150149117160268201168.8
Continued or Relapsing041333458482042.8
Puerperal1513112027191618.0
Totals13361976167630254070243326852636.0
Average per 1,000 of population...4.97.26.110.914.58.69.49.5

N.B.—The 1889 column represents only two months, the Notification Act coming into force on October 31st, 1889.
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